 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy, James Riddell, George William Clark - English poetry - 1890 - 530 pages
...glimpse of joy that we have met shall shine and dry the tear. сOWPER. The sleelñng Water-nymph. YMPH of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, and to the...the cave, and drink in silence, or in silence lave. POPE. Epis tula. | RESS A sopore gravi sese componit hirando ; quid valet hiberno torpida penna gelu... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy, James Riddell, George William Clark - English poetry - 1890 - 522 pages
...dry the tear. COWPER. The sleeping Water-nymph. YMPH of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, aud to the murmur of these waters sleep : ah, spare my slumbers ; gently tread the cave, find drink ¡n silence, or in silence lave. Epùtula. RBSSA sopore gravi sese componit hirundo ; quid... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1893 - 654 pages
...inadequately translated by Pope (see his letter to Edward Blount, Esq., descriptive of his grotto) : — " Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And...the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave." It is, however, quite impossible to convey to an unlearned readei the exquisite and spirit-like beauty... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - Gardening - 1899 - 488 pages
...murmura, somnum Kumpere ; sive bibas, sive lavare, tace. " Nymph of the Grot, those sacred springs steep, And to the murmur of these waters sleep ; Ah, spare...cave ! And drink in silence, or in silence lave." Letter to Edward Blount, Twichenham, June 3, 1725. My Lord Chesterfield tells me your Lordship has... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - Gardening - 1899 - 480 pages
...murmura, somnum Rumpere ; sive bibas, sive lavare, tace. " Nymph of the Grot, those sacred springs steep, And to the murmur of these waters sleep ; Ah, spare...cave ! And drink in silence, or in silence lave." Letter to Edward Blount, Twickenham, June 3, 1725. My Lord Chesterfield tells me your Lordship has... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - Gardening - 1899 - 472 pages
...murmura, somnum Rumpere ; sive bibas, sive lavare, tace. " Nymph of the Grot, those sacred springs steep, And to the murmur of these waters sleep ; Ah, spare...cave ! And drink in silence, or in silence lave." Letter to Edward Blount, Twickenham, June 3, 1725. My Lord Chesterfield tells me your Lordship has... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - Gardening - 1899 - 474 pages
...murmura, somnum Rumpere ; sive bibas, sive lavare, tace. " Nymph of the Grot, those sacred springs steep, And to the murmur of these waters sleep ; Ah, spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave I And drink in silence, or in silence lave." Letter to Edward Blount, Twickenham, June 3, 1725. My... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - Gardening - 1899 - 474 pages
...\ somnutn Rumpere ; sive bibas, sive lavare, tace. " Nymph of the Grot, those sacred springs steep, And to the murmur of these waters sleep ; Ah, spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave I And drink in silence, or in silence lave." Letter to Edward Blount, Twichenham, June 3, 1725. My... | |
 | Rose Standish Nichols - Gardens - 1902 - 512 pages
...antique one which you know I am so fond of: — " ' Nymph of the Grot, those sacred springs steep, And to the murmur of these waters sleep. Ah, spare my slumbers, gently tread the care ! And drink in silence or in silence lave.' " The English The English — perhaps because they... | |
 | Walter Jerrold - Middlesex (England) - 1909 - 438 pages
...murmur aquae. Parce meum, quisquis tangis cava marmora somnum Rumpere ; sive bibas, sive lavere, tace. Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep : And...the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave. You'll think I have been very poetical in this description, but it is pretty near the truth. I wish... | |
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Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep : And to the murmur of these waters sleep : Ah spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave. 
